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Sam The Record Man’s neon sign to be auctioned
The folks at Torontoist just posted this: Sam The Record Man’s contents are going to be auctioned off, including the neon signs, on Wednesday, June...
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Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 8th
Planning ahead Amid the glamour that comes with the opening of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ROM, it’s easy to forget that, despite the...
By Dale Duncan -
Seattle’s street furniture is so silly
I’m on the west coast doing some travelling and I can’t help but notice how strange some of these cities are. For example, you may find this...
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City Hall: Surprise, surprise — street furniture deal gets go ahead
Cross-posted from Eye Daily At approximately 5:15pm, City Council voted to sign a 20-year contract with the ad company Astral Media Outdoor to supply our...
By Dale Duncan -
Friday’s Headlines
• Car campaign Ts off councillors [ Toronto Star ] • Wobbly bike posts a gift for thieves [ Toronto Star ] • Green bins in condos: A city...
By Julie Yamin -
Audi turns our parks into ads
UPDATE: we received this email from City staff — “Film office requested the TT ‘sculptures’ be removed by the applicant. Staff...
By Matthew Blackett -
Billboard tax debate
Public space activist Dave Meslin wrote an interesting article in NOW magazine this week about the issue of taxing advertising billboards. The article was...
By Dylan Reid -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: May 10
You can dance if you want to (but take your aggression inside) Adam Vaughan is not trying to ban dancing in the city. He’s quick to point this out...
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Dale Duncan at City Hall: May 3, 2007
Vote Desmond Cole! Everyone who attended the screening of the documentary City Idol, which had its world premiere April 26 as part of the Hot Docs film...
By Dale Duncan -
City Hall: Bob Hunter McDonald’s Environment Days?
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. When I arrived at City Hall yesterday, members of council’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee were discussing...
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Some more thoughts on street furniture
I don’t mean to overload our readers with similar posts, but I thought I’d add another one about street furniture since I was at City Hall...
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Numbers on street furniture
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Yesterday, the executive committee approved signing the 20-year, multi-million dollar street furniture contract with Astral...
By Dale Duncan